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Brachychiton populneus - The
Bottletree is a beautiful and tropical looking addition to the Desert. It
tolerates our heat, soil and water, but can be a bit cold sensitive. Typicall
it presents a vertically oriented canopy, but can be persuaded to provided a
wider shade pattern by removing the central leader after it has attained 12
to 15 feet in height. |
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Celtis reticulata - Western
Hackberry adds a splah of variety in the desert. This hardy (deciduous) tree
is slow growing with very attractive foliage. Birds will feed on the small
orange-red fruit throughout the winter months. |
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Cercis canadensis - the Eastern
Redbud has the most purple of Redbud flowers, but is a bit shy of afternoon
sun here in the desert. Give it good soil and expand the root system to keep
it healthy. |
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Cercis occidentalis (mexicana) -
The Mexican Redbud is an early fall show-off! The blossom display will dazzle
your neighbors. This variety of Redbud does quite well here in the desert
southwest. |
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Chilopsis linearis - Desert
Willow is very much at home here in the Desert. Drought - Heat and Cold
hardy; you can't go wrong with this beautiful (deciduous) tree. |
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Chitalpa tashkenensis - The Pink
Dawn Chitalpa is a hybrid mix between a Catalpa and a Desert Willow. A slower
growing mmoderately sized tree that is very hardy, bioth heat and cold. It
will sometimes develop discoloring on the leaves through the hot season but
as these fall new ones replace them. |
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Cordia boissieri - the Texas
Olive is a very hardy evergreen that definitely has a place here in the
desert. It's beautiful flowers will bloom spring through fall. |
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Cupressus sempervirens
(evergreen) - The Italian Cypress is another very hardy tree for the Desert
Southwest. Withstanding cold as well as heat it is often attacked by mites,
but treatment is effective. These tall (approx. 30 x 4) and slender trees are
often used for privacy and borders. |
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